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a little update
Note, that I decided to check out the Chinese manga volume 1 just out of curiosity and in search for 外法面!

Knowing, when Amon sent out the creature, I obviously went straight to the 寄生鬼.外法面 chapter.

I then found Amon mentioning the name 外法面 on page 174!

Once Goki arrives at my place, I will ask him to show me exactly that page, so we can compare the Chinese and the Japanese text.

Moved Trivia from Gaihoumen's page
Note that the Trivia featured here might be outdated.

The pronounciation of "ou"

 * Gaihoumen's name is pronounced Gaihomen, due to the Japanese pronounciation for "ou" being a drawn out "o".
 * A similar case happens with the better known Gotou family and is especially notable in Episode 27 of the anime when Akira's father introduces himself to Professor Kuwaori and Kazue Hayami in the original Japanese version.

Chinese manga
In the Chinese version of the manga, Gaihoumen's name is spelled 外法面, which is pronounced "Wai fa mian" and translates to "Outside the law". In the Japanese version, 外法面 is pronounced "Sotonori-men" and translates to "External surface".

The fully translated title for his chapter 寄生鬼.外法面 from the Chinese version is "Parasitic Demon - Wai fa mian", which leaves his name transliterated.

Oddly, an older version of the translation transliterated 外法面 as "Gaihoumen" or "Gehoumen", which is now nowhere to be found. The former translated as "Trap Door Spider", while the latter's meaning is currently unknown.

It is unknown why this was changed, as some earlier translation notes, that were kindly provided by a fellow translator, translated the chapter title as "Ceremonial Demon -Gehoumen-", likely using the Japanese version as a base.

This leaves the creature with four possible names:


 * Gaihoumen ("Trap Door Spider")


 * former, Chinese transliteration
 * Gehoumen (no translation available)


 * former, Japanese transliteration
 * Wai fa mian ("Outside the law")


 * current, Chinese transliteration
 * Sotonori-men ("External surface")


 * current, Japanese transliteration

Keep in mind, that this list is not counting Gaihoumen's fellow specimen "Bubudou" and "Buidou" from Tenchi Meidou and the anime, whose names are confirmed as they are.